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Show By W.U. Telegraph. TUK TREATY BEFORE THE SENATE. Washington, 10. The Senate met ' in executive session a few minutes after one o'clock to-day, and the first thing don"! was reading the treaty, which oc eupied about an hour. Cameron made a brief statement, to the effect that the treaty was honorable to both oountries, and negotiated in the interest of peace. He hoped, therefore, it would receive . the approval of the Senate, and suggested sug-gested that it be given to the press of the country, but to this several Senators Sena-tors interposed objections, as they could see no reason tor departing Iroui the uniform practice. Senator Sumner was reported as saying say-ing he did not approve of some por-1 tions of the treaty, and thoudit they ought to be amended. He, like Cam- . eron, said the public should be fur-; nished with the full text of the treaty. ; in order that they might fully under-1 stand the provisions in advance of the final action of the Senate. He was of the opinion that the claims of British subjects should not have been incorporated incor-porated in the treaty, as they grew out of things done in part by Great Britain itself during the late war, and they . would not have been admitted if decided de-cided opposition had been expressed by our own commissioners. A simple, and tetter plan would have been to make out a fair bill for the Alubiima and kiudred depredations, but he would not now ask its payment in the way of exemplary or viudietive damages. dam-ages. The other matters might afterward after-ward be adjusted. Sumner did not. however, indicate whether he would vote for or against it. The question of removing the injunction in-junction of secrecy so as to enable the press to publish the full text was not brought to a vote. The treaty was referred re-ferred to the committee of foreign relations. rela-tions. After the adjournment cf the Senate, Sen-ate, the foreign ecrumiite had a meeting meet-ing lasting two hours, and wid have another meeting to-morrow. The reading read-ing the treaty created a g.vd impression, impres-sion, and the iudieaiiens are that it will be rafried. A majority of the Senate are iu favor of removing the injunction in-junction of secrecy, so that tae treaty maybe now mate public, and this would have been the result had the question been pressed to a vote this afternoon. It may come up in the session of Friday, to which time the Senate has adjourned. |
